West Indies Fast Bowler Kemar Roach Signs For Surrey

Surrey has signed Kemar Roach, the West Indies fast bowler, for the first seven games of the County Championship season. Roach will be the club's second overseas player for the early part of the s

"When Alec Stewart showed an interest in me I had no hesitation in saying yes to him. The club has a strong squad with a nice balance of youth and experience. I would like to thank CWI for allowing me the opportunity to go back and play county cricket again after a number of years."

Stewart, Surrey's director of cricket, said: "I'm very pleased to have secured the services of Kemar for the first seven games of the upcoming season. He's a highly skilled bowler who we feel will suit the conditions of the early part of the English domestic season.

"He is vastly experienced at international and domestic level and bowled very well in last summer's Test series in England without amassing the wicket haul he really deserved."